Update on my illustrations

This is a poster which I have designed for my college. Unfortunately, as i had no control over the colour correction of the printing. The green didn't come out right..... i should have known that would happen......

Well... this is something which I have done in over 6 months ago... for this illustration, the body of the girl is out of proportion and the fabric wasn't right, but i do like the atmosphere of it.

Renovation

Wow! It's been so long since I last wrote on my blog.... it's over a year now...

(It's titled renovation as I was trying to renovate my blog, but I really like the look of it... so I ended up deciding to keep the original look.)

I have always been feeling that time flies in my life.
The feeling was intensified in Australia and further intensified once I entered ANU.
I just absolutely love my life here. I like that we have independence in our learning but the teaching staff really help us to develop spiritually. They are like the mentors of our lives. Just like how I felt that the teachers from imsc were my life mentors.

Studying linguistics and law in ANU has been absolutely fantastic. It has enriched my life and made me grow up mentally in the quickest way have ever experienced. One of the highlights was my research essay on the development on Japanese Language in Meiji Restoration and its influence on Modern Chinese Language. It has given me a great insight to the cultural and language development in Japan.

I will be starting my Japanese Literature  courses next year and I am absolutely looking forward to it.

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Authorities in China are racing to unscramble the world's longest traffic, a 60-mile tailback stretching from the capital Beijing to the northern province of Inner Mongolia.

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The explanation on the importance of Preferential Voting Systems.

Student Voice

Student Voice

The Election Campaign is finally reaching to young voices. If you are under 18, have a look on this website.

房祖名 Jaycee Chan 自談自唱 若無其事 [完整吉他版]

ちょっとパソコンが苦手な女の子向けキーボード「KEYBOARD for Blondes」 - GIGAZINE

ちょっとパソコンが苦手な女の子向けキーボード「KEYBOARD for Blondes」 - GIGAZINE

Well... there are all sorts of keyboards i guess...

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A junction in life?

I have been foolish for not facing the problems I should and believed that I won't have to face it until I finish my University school life.

I am torn between doing law or not. Yes, what a luxury to complain about when you are in one of the best law schools in the world. But I do feel that I am using up the language I should have been putting into my languages when I am trying hard, very hard to be above average in law. I am not asking for anything more any more. I am accepting that I have to work very hard for a long time to do well in law. It is not my genre, I believe.

I spoke to my lecturer today and he was encouraging me to go straight into languages and believe that I have a talent in it. I have never wrote the best writing in class in Chinese. That led me to think that I am not that good at languages. May be it was simply because I hadn't put enough effort in it.

I am beginning to believe that there is a chance for me to achieve high in languages. May be even chance to get scholarships for exchange or a career in it.

But how can I tell that I am not just merely trying to escape the harshness of the law school. I did not fail in anything yet. Passing = having the ability to continue, isn't it? It is something I am capable of doing, buy saying what I said aren't I just trying to find excuses to go for the easy way?

What is the right thing to do?

Illustration

I have once again been a slacker in the weekend.

I have been painting this yesterday.

It is an illustration of a fantasy novel which I am trying to write, but obviously, things are going backwards...

I spend more time painting illustration for it then actually writing the novel...

anyway, this is the CG

Kalafina- Lacrimosa

Once again, I adore them for their voices. Hopefully they will continue on their good work.

I would say that their live performances still have room of improvement as they sometimes tip out of balance in their harmonies. However, I still think they are great. I just love singers who have strong classical singing background who does things a little bit more experimental and riskier than others.

Regina Spektor - "Samson" [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

I absolutely love her. I love her unique music style and her voice.

I love that her voice is soft, relaxed and sexy with French pop flavour.

Absolutely beautiful. I love that here lyrics are truthful and sincere as well.

What more can I say... I absolutely love her.

By the way, after my long and tiring job hunt, I have finally got my first job in hospitality business. Although I am still trying to negotiate my working hours. Hopefully my boss will still take me with my inflexible available time... The pay was average, maybe actually lower... but the boss and people in there seems nice, hopefully this will be a good way to get my first working experience.

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My first detailed CGs

I have always been very lazy in terms of painting the backgrounds for my CGs,

in the holidays, I have finally painted CGs with detailed background.

They takes like 5 hours longer to finish...

this is the colour version of the wallpaper.

and this is an illustration for my sister's fiction

An animation made by Hong Kong artists

As written in the title, this is a short animation film made by hongkong artist

Aquarius Wallpaper

I have been thinking to make a monthly calender with Zodiac sign characters.

it does sound like something that would take really long...

anyway, I started with drawing Aquarius wallpaper.

this is the line sketch done with SAI.

this is the first time which I draw directly on the tablet. it is actually not that hard...

at least easier than i thought

I would upload the coloured version if I do finish it sometime

My Crappy attempt at drawing 紀田 正臣 in DuRaRara

As you can see... he became a girl. My compliant is that he is already very girlie to start with... for someone like me who is extremely bad at drawing boys it would just make things worse...

the original for your comparison:

 It's the one on the left in case my drawing is that iireconisable.

Avril Lavigne - Alice

To be honest, I didn't quite like Avril Lavigne for the last couple years... Didn't quite like her Girlfriend album.

However, I think she has improved and have done a great job here.

testing SAI

SAI Painting Tool is a Japanese software developed for anime/manga style CG painting. Quite a number of people have been using it...

I saw the tutorials on the internet have a trend of using the blending tool frequently. Being curious, I downloaded and tried the software. However... I find the blending brush very bad for painting hair... They turn out to be very opaque and has completely lost the glossiness...

The posture is strange... I know... this is just for test purpose...

New CG

This is what I drew for my sister.

It's supposed to be a character in her novel...

but i doubt if she would put it in...